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Council updates civil infraction rules, adopts tiered penalties and escalation clause
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 2024-23 to modernize Chapters 1.16 and 1.18 of the municipal code, creating a Class A/B/C civil-infraction structure with an escalation clause for repeat offenses and a process to standardize fines across the code. Staff stressed fines are a last resort; escalation applies if the same violation recurs within 180 days.
Council adopted Ordinance 2024-23 on second reading to standardize and modernize the city's civil-infraction procedures across municipal code chapters. Staff said the changes were drafted following a code-enforcement task force and legal review and update long-outdated provisions last revised in the 1970s and 1980s.
The ordinance removes a…
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